If our first episode brought you into the beginning of Zuckerberg’s vision for connecting at scale, this story is about the consequences of pursuing that vision at full speed. In the 2000s, Facebook made a big bet to become a platform for developers – and all social activity across the web. It would bring us FarmVille and “Log In With Facebook.” But years la ... Show More
Jul 2022
Why Instagram Broke Its Square
When Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very dif ... Show More
37m 41s
Jul 2025
Flipping the Bird: Elon vs Twitter | Maximum Amazing | 1
<p>Twitter is at a crossroads. Its founder, Jack Dorsey, has stepped down from his role as CEO. The social media heavyweight is also under fire for alleged bias, censorship, and the roving army of bot accounts wreaking havoc on the site. In this moment of crisis, the only would-b ... Show More
29m 9s
Nov 2024
Bluesky's quest to be the next Twitter
Nilay and David talk about the future of social, in light of Bluesky's recent surge in growth. Threads is huge, Bluesky is ascendent, Mastodon is... around, but can any of them become the next Twitter? Is that even the goal? After that, Kylie Robison joins the show and the gang d ... Show More
1h 27m
Sep 2024
The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter
Michael Sayman, the creator of a viral new app called SocialAI, joins the show to discuss why he built a social network where you're the only human around. He tells us how he thinks about AI interfaces, what's next for ChatGPT and other chatbots, and why posting to a language mod ... Show More
55m 2s
Feb 2023
Temu wants you to shop like a billionaire
Where’d it come from and how are its prices so damn low? Plus: venture capital’s sluggish fourth quarter, Starbucks’ cool tech, Facebook’s new revenue stream, and more.
Join our host Jacob Cohen as he takes you through our most interesting stories of the day.
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11m 40s
Jul 2025
Flipping the Bird: Elon vs Twitter | I Am Supposed to Believe This Man is a Genius? | 2
<p>Elon Musk makes the Twitter board an offer they can’t refuse — a $44 billion offer, to be exact. But this won’t be an easy marriage. No sooner does Twitter accept than Elon starts raising doubts. Publicly, Elon can’t help taking shots at Twitter and its leaders, sending their ... Show More
33m 9s
Nov 2022
Then & Now of Podcasting & Advertising ft. Amit & Kavita (Part 1)
Advertising is Dead has been running for almost 4 years now and has witnessed drastic changes in the world of Podcasting as well as Advertising, and a general world situation of Pandemics, trends, and Market fluctuations. In this episode, Varun is joined by Amit & Kavita of IVM P ... Show More
30m 57s